Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects up to 3 percent of people worldwide and remains one of the most challenging mental health conditions to treat effectively. That makes any fresh insight into ...
Using brain imaging, researchers have found that obsessive-compulsive disorder affects particular areas of the brain involved in processing certainty during the decision-making process. The findings ...
No single gene causes OCD, but identifying the genetic markers linked to the condition can help clarify how it develops. Viktoria Ruban/iStock via Getty Images Plus Obsessive compulsive disorder has ...
Philadelphia, November 29, 2023 – A first-line therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reshapes connectivity of the brain, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive ...
A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker to accurately predict and monitor the clinical ...
An innovative surgical technique for patients with severe, treatment-resistant OCD has been tried for the first time in ...
At one point in her life, Amber Pearson spent eight hours a day acting out her obsessive thoughts. She washed her hands until they bled, repeatedly checked the locks on her doors and ate separately ...
A first-line therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reshapes connectivity of the brain, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published ...
Researchers have scanned the brains of adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, while they performed decision-making tasks and identified the specific areas affected by the condition. The ...
IFS for OCD, which is compatible with standard exposure and response prevention (ERP), brings comfort and respect to the ...
34-year-old Amber Pearson is the first person to receive a deep brain stimulation device that manages both her epileptic seizures and her OCD symptoms. Reading time 2 minutes The brain of 34-year-old ...